Reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6386958
  • Patent Number
    6,386,958
  • Date Filed
    Monday, August 14, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 14, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine is disclosed. In the present invention, one end of the support frame of the sanding module is provided with a driving roller having a motor, and the other end of the support frame is mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device having a driven roller, and the driven roller corresponds to the driving roller and both are surrounded by a sanding belt, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprises a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure is mounted with a sanding wheel which reciprocates up and down by the driving structure, thereby the sanding wheel produces a reciprocating abrasive action and the entire sanding effect is improved.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




(a) Technical Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, and in particular, to a sanding machine having a sanding module mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device at one end thereof such that the sanding particles can provide a tangent-like abrasive effect to a corresponding material to upgrade entire sanding effect thereof




(b) Description of the Prior Art




As wood material generally has relatively large amount of fibers, the surface thereof has to be treated in order to give a smooth surface so as to add value to the products formed from the material. Besides the treatment of the surface of the material internal holes of the wood material may also need treatment, and therefore an inner hole treating mechanism is supplemented to the sanding machine. Referring to

FIG. 1

, there is shown a conventional sanding machine having a machine body


10


mounted with a working platform


15


. One side of the platform


15


is provided with a sanding module


20


for the sanding of the surface of the wood material. The sanding module


20


has a support frame


21


with two ends respectively mounted with a driving roller


22


and a driven roller


23


. The driving roller


22


is connected to a motor


24


to drive a sanding belt (not shown) mounted around the driving roller


22


and the driven roller


23


. The inner hole sanding mechanism is mounted to the driving roller


22


by means of screw bolts


27


located on a shaft rod


26


having disposed with a sanding wheel


28


such that the sanding wheel


28


and the driving roller


22


rotate synchronously. That is, the rotation of the sanding wheel


28


is used to abrade the inner hole of the material.




However, the sanding wheel


28


of this conventional sanding machine provides a linear rotation, i.e., the position A on the sanding wheel


28


moves horizontally to the point A′. Thus, the material is polished in a linear manner. As the particles of the sanding wheel


28


contain very tiny gaps, the entire surface of the material cannot be polished. In other words, capillary holes on the surface of the material cannot be effectively removed. In addition, the entire surface will produce a “peak” or “valley” structure, and thus the surface of the material is rather rough. Additionally, the size of the material and the exertion force of the sanding wheel


28


on the material are not always constant, the exhaustion of particles of the sanding wheel


28


is not uniform. Thus, the surface of the sanding wheel


28


is irregular and the polished surface of the material will have similar irregularities, and the quality of the entire surface of the polished material is reduced. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, which can mitigate the drawbacks of the conventional sanding machine.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention is to provide reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, wherein one end of the support frame of the sanding module is provided with a driving roller having a motor, and the other end of the support frame is mounted with the reciprocating-type abrasive device having a driven roller, and the driven roller corresponds to the driving roller and both surround a sanding belt, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprises a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure is mounted with a sanding wheel which reciprocates up and down by the driving structure, thereby the sanding wheel produces a reciprocating abrasive action and the entire sanding effect is improved.




A further object of the present invention is to provide a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine, wherein a reciprocating type sanding module is provided to the sanding machine, and a reciprocating rotational movement is produced by the sanding wheel so that the quality of the polished material is improved.




Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a partial exploded perspective view of a conventional sanding machine, illustrating the combination of the sanding wheel.





FIG. 2

is a perspective view of the conventional sanding machine, illustrating the operation principle and the entire structure of the sanding machine.





FIG. 3

is a perspective exploded view of the sanding machine, illustrating the main structure constituted the machine in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a perspective exploded view of the driving structure, illustrating the components of the driving structure in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a perspective exploded view of the reciprocating structure, illustrating the components of the reciprocating structure in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a sectional view, schematically showing the combination of the sanding machine in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Referring to

FIG. 3

, there is shown a reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine. The sanding machine has a machine body


50


having a working platform


55


at the top end. One side of the working platform


55


is mounted with an abrasive module


60


having a support frame


61


mounted with a driving roller


62


at one end of the frame


61


. One end of the driving roller


62


is mounted with a motor


63


which is used to drive the driving roller


62


. The other end of the support frame


61


is mounted with a reciprocating-type abrasive device


70


mounted with a driven roller


94


.




The driven roller


94


, corresponding to the driving roller


62


, can correspondingly be mounted with a sanding belt (not shown) to proceed with surface abrasion of material. The reciprocating-type abrasive device


70


comprises a driving structure


80


and a reciprocating structure


90


, and the reciprocating structure


90


is provided with a sanding wheel


120


which is driven by the driving structure


80


to proceed with up-down reciprocation movement so as to proceed with inner hole abrasion of the material.




Referring to

FIG. 3

, the lower edge of one end of the driving roller


62


is provided with a fixing board


64


having an opening


640


for the passage of the driver roller


94


. The lateral sides of the opening


640


of the bottom face of the fixing board


64


are respectively provided with a U-shaped rod frame


65


, and the reciprocating-type abrasive device


70


is provided with a fixing rod


71


. By means of a screw bolt


72


, the fixing rod


71


is fastened to both the support frame


61


and the two rod frames


65


. The driving structure


80


is mounted to the lateral wall of the horizontal section of the fixing rod


71


by screw bolts


73


. The reciprocating structure


90


is mounted at the top face of the horizontal section of the fixing rod


71


by means of screw bolts


74


. The middle section of the fixing rod


71


is provided with a hole


710


such that the driving structure


80


can activate the reciprocating structure


90


.




Referring to

FIGS. 3 and 4

, wherein the driving structure


80


is provided with a plurality of screw bolts


810


to fasten a housing


82


onto a servo-motor


81


, and a bearing


830


is provided to the housing


82


and is used to connected to a worm


83


of the servo-motor


81


. The lateral side of the housing


82


is mounted with a lateral covering plate


84


by means of screw bolts


840


. A worm gear


85


with a bearing


850


is pivotally mounted between the lateral covering plate


84


and the housing


82


, and the worm gear


85


and the worm


83


are in engagement with each other. One end of the worm gear


85


is provided with a main shaft


86


passing through the lateral covering plate


84


. The free end of the main shaft


86


is mounted with a sleeve


87


having an eccentric protrusion


870


, and a bearing


88


is mounted at the eccentric protrusion


870


to form the driving structure. After the lateral covering plate


84


is mounted to the fixing rod


71


, the bearing


88


is corresponding to the hole


710


at the center of the fixing rod


71


.





FIGS. 3

,


5


and


6


show the reciprocating structure


90


of the present invention, wherein screw bolts


911


are used to fasten a seat body


91


on the fixing rod


71


, and a step-like hollow protrusion


910


is formed on the seat body


91


, and a mounting sleeve


92


is used to slidably insert a top support rod


93


within the protrusion


910


. The top support rod


93


is protruded out from the hole


710


of the fixing rod


71


, and the top end is locked with a bearing


931


by means of screw bolts


930


. The bearing


931


is mounted with a sliding sleeve


932


. The external edge of the protrusion


910


of the seat body


91


has two bearings


940


to pivotally mount the driven roller


94


. A shaft sleeve


95


having a lip edge


950


is provided to the interior of the driven roller


94


, and the screw bolts


951


are used to fasten the shaft sleeve


95


onto the driven roller


94


.




The interior of the shaft sleeve


95


is provided with a tapered hole


952


and within the tapered hole


952


, a main shaft rod


96


having a larger sliding shaft section


960


is mounted thereto. There is an axial sliding slot


961


on the sliding shaft section


960


, and the shaft sleeve


95


is a positioning rod


953


which can be engaged with a sliding slot


961


, such that the main shaft rod


96


slides up and down of the shaft sleeve


95


. A pad


97


is mounted to the lower edge of the sliding shaft section


960


and is used to urge against with the shaft sleeve


95


. The lower section of the pad


97


is provided with a spring


98


. The bottom end of the main shaft


96


is provided with a limiting plate


99


mounted with screw bolts


990


for the urging with the spring


98


such that the main shaft rod


96


can urge against the sliding sleeve


932


of the top support rod


93


. The top support rod


93


urges against the bearing


88


of the driving structure


80


, and thus a reciprocating-type abrasive device having a sanding wheel


120


which reciprocates up and down is obtained.




The objectives and effectiveness of the present invention are described hereinafter. Referring to

FIGS. 3

,


4


and


6


, when the reciprocating abrasive device is required to abrade the inner hole of the material, the servomotor


81


at the driving structure


80


is initiated. Thus, the servomotor


81


via the worm


83


and the worm gear


84


causes a transmission main shaft


86


to rotate such that the bearing


88


on the eccentric protrusion


870


to produce an eccentric rotation, and the top support rod


93


of the reciprocating structure


90


urges the bearing


88


which rotates eccentrically, and the main shaft rod


96


urges at the top end of the top support rod


93


by the spring


98


, the top support rod


93


will move up and down in accordance with the eccentric rotation of the bearing


88


, and in turn, the main shaft rod


96


is also moved up and down corresponding to the driven roller


94


.




Accordingly, the sanding wheel


120


on the main shaft rod


96


will move up and down. At the same time, the driven roller


94


is driven by the driving roller


62


and the sanding belt, the driven roller


94


causes the main shaft rod


96


to rotate via the positioning rod


953


and the sanding wheel


120


also produces a reciprocating up and down rotational movement. This will cause the particles on the sanding wheel


120


to produce a tangential movement from point “a” towards point “b” and then to point “c”. Therefore, the gaps on the sanding particles can be overcome, and the capillary holes on the surface of the material are effectively removed. At the same time, the “peak” and “valley” formed on the surface of the material by the sanding particles are also mitigated and the polished material becomes fine and smooth. Besides, due to the movement of the sanding particles, the exhaustion of the surface of the sanding wheel is comparatively uniform and in turn, the flatness of the sanding surface is greatly improved and the quality of the entire material is effectively upgraded.




While the invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not to be limited by the specific illustrative embodiment, but only by the scope of the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine having a machine body mounted with a sanding module at the top end of the machine body, the module being provided with a support frame having one end mounted with a driving roller having a driving motor, the other end of the support frame being a reciprocating-type sanding machine having a driven roller, the driven roller corresponding to the driving roller and both being surrounded by a sanding belt, the reciprocating-type abrasive device comprising a driving structure and a reciprocating structure, and the reciprocating structure mounted with a sanding wheel driven to reciprocate up and down by the driving structure, the reciprocating abrasive device disposed with a fixing rod mounted to the support frame, and the driving structure being mounted at the lateral wall of the horizontal section of the fixing rod, and the reciprocating structure being mounted at the top end of the horizontal section of the fixing rod, and a hole being formed on the middle section of the fixing rod such that the driving structure moves the reciprocating structure; and the driving structure using a servomotor to drive a main shaft having an eccentric protrusion at one free end thereof, a bearing corresponding to the fixing rod being mounted on the eccentric protrusion; the fixing rod being mounted onto the eccentric protrusion, the fixing rod mounted with a seat body having a hollow protrusion, and a top support rod being inserted within the hollow protrusion, the external edge of the protrusion being mounted with a hollow driven roller by means of a bearing, the driven roller being provided with a shaft sleeve having a tapered hole slidably mounted with a main shaft rod having an axial sliding slot, and the shaft sleeve being mounted with a positioning rod slidably mounted to the sliding slot such that the main shaft can slide up and down with respect to the shaft sleeve, and a pad being provided in between the shaft sleeve, and the main shaft rod, and the main shaft rod located at the lower section of the pad being mounted with a spring, and the bottom end of the main shaft rod being locked with a liming plate for the urging of the spring such that the main shaft rod urges at the top support rod, the top support rod pressing against the bearing of the driving structure, thereby the reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine is obtained.
  • 2. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the support frame is provided with a fixing board having an opening allowing the passage of the driven roller, and the two lateral sides of the opening on the bottom surface of the fixing board are provided with two shaft frames to allow the fastening of the reciprocating abrasive device.
  • 3. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the driving structure is a servomotor mounted with a housing, and within the housing, a worm is connected to the servomotor, the side of the housing is mounted with a lateral covering plate which can be mounted to the fixing rod, in between the lateral covering plate and the housing, a worm gear is mounted by means of a bearing, and the worm gear is engaged with the worm, and the main shaft is connected to the worm via the lateral covering plate.
  • 4. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1 or 3, wherein the free end of the main shaft is mounted with a shaft sleeve and the end face of the shaft sleeve is formed into an eccentric protrusion.
  • 5. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the seat body of the reciprocating structure is provided with a mounting sleeve to facilitate the effectiveness of sliding of the top support rod.
  • 6. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1 or 5, wherein the top end of the top support rod of the reciprocating structure is mounted with a bearing by screw bolts, and the bearing is provided with a sliding sleeve so as to reduce frictional force of the top support rod and the main shaft rod.
  • 7. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the external edge of the shaft sleeve of the reciprocating structure has an edge to allow the shaft sleeve to be mounted to the driven roller by screw bolts.
  • 8. A reciprocating-type abrasive device for a sanding machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the external edge of the main shaft rod of the reciprocating structure has a larger sliding rod section and the sliding slot is located on the sliding rod section.
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